Oral Evidence May. 01 2024
Inquiry: Strategic transport objectivesFound: Every Monday morning, I go along the Leeds-Bradford cycle highway from where I live in Pudsey to
Asked by: David Evennett (Conservative - Bexleyheath and Crayford)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of potholes on drivers in Bexley.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Government has recently announced a £8.3 billion funding uplift for roads resurfacing across England between 2023/24 – 2033/34. As part of this it has provided the London Borough of Bexley Council with an additional £275,000 in 2023/24 and will provide a further £275,000 in 2024/25.
This money has been provided directly to the respective London Borough rather than via the Mayor of London. At a national level, the Department publishes statistics on gov.uk on the condition and maintenance of the highways in England.
Ultimately, however, under the 1980 Highway Act it is the responsibility of the local highway authority, in this case the London Borough of Bexley Council, to maintain and manage the highway network they are responsible for. In London, transport is a devolved matter, and the overall state of London’s roads is a matter for the Mayor.
Apr. 30 2024
Source Page: Defence Land Safety and Environmental RegulationsFound: Maintenance.
Apr. 30 2024
Source Page: Defence Land Safety and Environmental RegulationsFound: Maintenance.
Apr. 30 2024
Source Page: Defence Land Safety and Environmental RegulationsFound: Maintenance.
Apr. 30 2024
Source Page: Defence Land Safety and Environmental RegulationsFound: Maintenance.
Apr. 30 2024
Source Page: Planning Act 2008: Content of a Development Consent Order required for Nationally Significant Infrastructure ProjectsFound: The definition of maintenance must not be so extensive as to permit the replacement of the consented
Oral Evidence Apr. 30 2024
Inquiry: Proposals for backbench debatesFound: Your application is on the subject of potholes and highway maintenance.
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department issues on best practice in tackling potholes.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
To prevent potholes and other defects from forming in the first place, well-planned maintenance is vital, which is why the Department advocates a risk-based, whole life-cycle asset management approach to all aspects of the local highway network. There are various key bits of guidance that the Department recommends to local highway authorities, including a 2016 Code of Practice on Well Managed Highway Infrastructure, produced by the UK Roads Leadership Group and available via the website of the Chartered Institute for Highways and Transportation.
Other guidance includes the 2019 “Potholes: a repair guide” on which the Department worked with the Association of Directors, for Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT), and which is on the ADEPT website. This recommends that local highway authorities should wherever possible make permanent rather than temporary repairs, with temporary repairs only appropriate in emergency circumstances or where safety cannot be managed using alternative approaches.
To help local highway authorities to understand the impacts of the changing climate on local highway networks, the Department has published on gov.uk an independent report on the lessons learned from extreme weather-related emergencies over the period 2015 to 2020.
Apr. 29 2024
Source Page: Recovered appeal: land south of Old Mill Road, Sandbach (ref: 3313892 - 29 April 2024)Found: The development shall not be occupied until the access/roundabout/highway improvements and toucan cros